DILL Anethum graveolens A Tall, aromatic, feathery annual. Leaves and flowers delicious with fish, potato and cucumber dishes, particularly with yoghurt and soured cream dressings. The seeds are used medicinally and as a digestive tisane.
DYER'S CHAMOMILE Anthemis tinctoria P Frizzy aromatic foliage and all-yellow daisy flowers, useful for cutting and as a good border plant. Yields a fast yellow dye.
DYER'S GREENWEED Genista tinctoria P Delightful small broom with yellow pea flowers, which give a good yellow dye.
ELECAMPANE Inula helenium P Majestic habit with huge yellow daisy flowers. Cottage garden herb with medicinal properties. The scented roots were formerly candied.
EVENING PRIMROSE Oenothera biennis Bi Tall spikes of yellow flowers with a sweet primrose scent. A source of an essential fatty acid used to treat PMT and other disorders.
FENNEL, BRONZE and GREENFoeniculum vulgare P Useful culinary herb for fish dishes and seed tea. A decorative border plant which also dries well for floral arrangements.
FEVERFEW Tanacetum parthenium A or P Single or double daisy flowers. Of proven therapeutic value in treating migraine, has undergone clinical trials. A good cut flower.
-----, GOLDEN A or P Bright yellow foliage. A good "dot" plant.
GARLIC, CULINARY Allium sativum A Delicious and health-promoting herb. Available in early spring.
-----, TREE (ROCAMBOLE) Allium sativumvar. ophioscordon P A "fun" garlic which produces garlic-flavoured bulbils at the top of a slender and erstwhile serpentine scape!
HOREHOUND, WHITE Marrubium vulgare P Woolly plant with overall grey appearance. Old cough remedy.
HORSERADISH Armoracia rusticana P See Kitchen garden plant list.
HYSSOP Hyssopus officinalis P Small shrub with pink, blue or white flowered forms available. Pleasantly scented foliage.
-----, ROCK H. aristatusP Neat habit. Striking blue flowers, lavishly produced, attract butterflies. Good dwarf hedge.
LADY'S MANTLE Alchemilla mollis P Has large pleated leaves that hold a dewdrop like a diamond. Frothy lime-yellow flowers. Several native species also available.
LAVENDER, ENGLISH Lavandula
angustifolia P The lavender of Mediterranean mountains
and English gardens. Superior scent.
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cultivars often available.
-----, FRENCH L. stoechas P Remarkable purple flowers, needs good drainage. Spanish lavender also available.
LEMON VERBENA Aloysia triphyllaP Deciduous tender shrub with fizzy lemon scent and delicate pink flower spikes. The leaves, fresh or dried, make a pleasant tisane. A good conservatory or summer patio plant.
LOVAGE Levisticum officinale P Very tall, celery-like plant with attractive aromatic foliage. Excellent savoury flavour for soups and casseroles. Leaves make appetising tea and refreshing bath.
-----, SCOTS Ligusticum scoticum P A low-growing species with attractive leaves native to Scottish and Irish coasts.